Etymology

sleepiness

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Today it means: The property of being sleepy. Full definition →

English sleepy ← Middle English slepy ← Old English *slǣpiġ
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*slēpaz
  2. Proto-West Germanic*slāp
  3. Proto-West Germanic*slāpag
  4. Old English*slǣpiġ
  5. Middle Englishslepy
  6. Englishsleepy
  7. English todaysleepiness

From sleepy + -ness.

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